To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: Principles Quotes

We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature....

We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature....

War is a contagion.

War is a contagion.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it...

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further,...

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further,...

Im not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

Im not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us...

Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us...

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to...

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to...

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but...

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but...

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail,...

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail,...

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been...

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been...

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of...

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of...